![]() Field behind its long south ridge.This was one of the rare days I've hiked without Sharon. Here also was a view up to the West Peak of Mt. On the way out we made a short bushwhack to the edge of another bog with a view back to the ledges we had visited. We passed this small bog illuminated in late afternoon sun. We took a different route down, and after some initial softwood tussling we found better going in birch glades aglow in their October colors. Stairs and Resolution peer over in the distance. ![]() East of the Shoal Pond Trail, there are no trails and no peaks – only endless ranks of gloomy spruces, the dark forest cover broken here and there by a moose-haunted bog There are thousands of acres out there where no one ever goes. The spruce plateau of the eastern Pemi sweeps for miles out towards Carrigain and Hancock. Passaconaway, way south in the Sandwich Range, is perfectly centered through Carrigain Notch. Both of us had encountered easier conditions on prior visits to these ledges.Įventually we found our way out to the best clifftop perch, and spent an hour soaking in the sun and the wide views over the eastern Pemi Wilderness. The whack up to the clifftop ledges was more difficult than anticipated, with some steep rugged terrain and generally scrappy conifer growth. A bit of the nameless summit east of Whitewall Mountain can be seen in the distance. North of the pond is a picturesque bog sprinkled with cotton grass. Looking south from the edge of the pond, we had a glimpse of Mt. We reached the edge of a remote bog pond, which we wanted to have a look at before we climbed to the ledges. Traversing a flat area, we found some nice open woods. We left the trail and crossed the North Fork. This section of trail provides a closer look at the cliffs. relocation, done a few years ago, takes Ethan Pond Trail on a meander to the north. Lots of plank walkways along the boggy sections of the Ethan Pond Trail.Ī view back to the imposing western face of Mt. The shelter, bustling with AT thru-hikers a few weeks earlier, was empty and forlorn. The ledges we planned to visit could be seen in the distance. Ethan Allen Crawford, who discovered this watery gem in 1829, was quite taken with it: "For beauty and grandeur, it is no where surpassed by any spot, to me known, about these mountains.” The Twin Range outlines the western horizon. With the water so sky-blue, this spot was even more beautiful than usual. The NW wind was whipping up little whitecaps on Ethan Pond. This might rank as a major Notch attraction if it were accessible from below.Ībove Kedron Brook, the trail has a section of steep, rough climbing.Ī bit of color along the Ethan Pond Trail. The cascade above the crossing is long, thin and lovely.īelow the trail is a waterfall of major proportions, but it's hard to safely get a good look at it. Then we headed up Kedron Flume Trail, following long gravelly switchbacks and some steeper pitches up to the crossing of Kedron Brook at Kedron Flume, with a view across to the south end of the Webster Cliffs. From the boulders a new side path leads 80 yards to the Kedron Flume Trail, creating perhaps the shortest loop hike to a viewpoint in the White Mountains. You can find an image of this (or a similar postcard) with a Google search on "Willey Slide" "postcard." A photo of these rocks also appears in the 1925 booklet, The Willey Slide, by Rev. These historic chunks of stone were “rediscovered” in 2008 when White Mountain collector Paul Accamondo obtained an old postcard showing the boulders, and brought it to Dickerman’s attention. Right behind it are the Willey Boulders, the rocks that are said to have split the famed 1826 Willey Slide, sparing the house below, but not the Willey family, who ironically fled into the path of the slide. This spot has a great view of the Webster Cliffs. Behind the buildings we followed a short path up to a new wooden viewing platform built by Crawford Notch State Park manager John Dickerman and crew. We started from the Willey House Site on the floor of Crawford Notch. On a sunny but cold and windy day, with a touch of November in the air, John "1HappyHiker" Compton and I decided to shelve a hike over the Willey Range and instead journey farther west to Ethan Pond and the remote country around the North Fork of the Pemigewasset River's East Branch. MIDDLE MOUNTAIN & BALD CAP PEAK: 9/27/11John "1Hap.ZEALAND VALLEY & NOTCH: 9/30/11A half-day hike int.NORTH FORK COUNTRY: 10/6/11On a sunny but cold and.SMARTS MOUNTAIN LOOP: 10/18/11There's something co.WHITE MOUNTAIN CROPWALK XXIII: 10/22/11Every fall. ![]() ![]() SUNDAY MOUNTAIN: 10/28/11This little rounded, wood.
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